Cold War Ideology

Cold War Ideology and Policies

The end of the war brought on Americans being overly conscious of communist in America and the threat of what Stalin would do over in Russia. The United States had a booming economy and a massive military. With Stalin threatening dominion over in that part of the world the U.S. was the only country able to block him. Britain and the U.S. were tired of fighting but that wouldn’t have stopped them if Stalin had advanced. Communism was a very important concern here and over seas near Russia. The National Security Council was established in 1949, to help response to cold war crises.

NATO was established in 1949. Atomic weapons were a major concern after the war. China falls to the Communists in 1949. Korea became a problem in which we eventually went to war again. European recovery plan, which provided federal loyalty oath, in 1947, then in 1953 UN armistice ends police action in Korea.

Eisenhower kept his campaign promise to go to Korea; he reviewed the situation first hand, and renewed negotiations. He also warned that is talks weren’t speedy the U.S. would retaliate, the carrot-and stick approach worked. He fired 3000 and resigned 5000 government employees do to the communism scare. The Rosenberg’s were executed in June, 1953 because of there espionage of passing secrets to the Soviets, they were both sentenced to the electric chair. His belief was to lead the nation right down the middle. Since the war and the Great Depression, Americans were willing to give the federal government power to influence the American society.

Republicans accepted the Social Security welfare program along with lowering unemployment, controlling inflation and mange the economy in a variety of direct ways. With the new balance of power the U.S. and Soviet Union became know as “superpowers.”